Mercy

The other day my Pastor gave a lesson on sin. He had 3 men stand on the altar, each holding a ball. One had a 16 pound bowling ball; one had a volleyball that weighed about 10 ounces; and the other a pool ball that weighed around 6 ounces. He assigned each ball a sin, the bowling ball represented murder, the volley ball represented theft, and the pool ball represented a little white lie.  The men dropped the balls they were holding at the same time. Even though each ball weighed a different amount they all hit the floor at the same time. My Pastor used this to demonstrate to us that SIN IS SIN. God looks at all sin the same…murder is not a bigger sin than a little white lie.

If we start to view all sin the same maybe we’ll show more mercy to others. I have never killed anyone but I have told a little white lie. The good thing about this is according to Romans 5:20 “Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” Hope this encourages you to show mercy to others. XOXO –Angelle 

Happy Sunday!

Have a great week,here are some notes from the word I received today.

Berean Christian Church

Kerwin B. Lee, Senior Pastor

February 1 & 2, 2014

Today’s Text Daniel 3:14-17

Today’s Title

“Relationships That Position You for a

Major Turnaround”

1. Relationships with people who have obedience

to God can position you for a major turnaround.

 Verses 16, 17

“Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego answered and said

to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to give

you an answer to this question. 17) If we are thrown into

the fire, our God Whom we serve is able to save us from

it. And He will save us from your hand, O king.” (NLV)

Its great to have great friends that positively influence each other to stay true to themselves and to God. 

2. Relationships with people who have confidence

in God can position you for a major turnaround.

Verse 18

“But even if He does not, we want you to know, O king,

that we will not serve your gods or worship the object of

gold that you have set up.”(NLV)

3. Relationships with people who have experience 

with God can position you for a major turnaround.

Verses 24-26

“Then King Nebuchadnezzar was very surprised and

stood up in a hurry. He said to his leaders, “Did we not

throw three men who were tied up into the fire?” They

 answered, “That is true, O king.” 25) He said, “Look! I

see four men loose and walking about in the fire without

being hurt! And the fourth one looks like a son of the

gods (or the Son of God)!” 26) Then Nebuchadnezzar

came near the door where the fire was burning, and said,

“Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, servants of the

Most High God, come out! Come here!” So Shadrach,

Meshach and Abed-nego came out of the fire.” (NLV)

I know my friends and I learn from each others' experiences with trials and obstacles and I can really say its so much easier going through a trial when you have witnessed your friends go through it with so much faith and trust in God to handle their situation.

Love, 

Christina